Curriculum Vitae
- Education
- Self-Employed Artist
- Teaching
- Lecturer/Panelist/Visiting Artist
- One Person Exhibitions
- Group Exhibitions
- Catalogs
- Public Collections
- Corporate Collections
- Private Collections
- Grants and Fellowships
- Competitions
- Public Works Projects
- Public Works Positions
- Interviews
- Documentaries
- Publications
Education
- State University of New York at Albany, NY
M.A. Degree, Painting/Printmaking1971 - Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
B.F.A. Degree, Painting1969 - Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
High School Art Program1963
Self-Employed Artist
- Exhibition Designer, African American Museum, Dallas, TX
"Contained/Uncontained" Four Clay Artists1995 - Artist, DART, Light Rail Transit System
Dallas, TX, Citiplace Station1992-1995 - Section Design Team Artist, DART Light Rail Transit System
Dallas, TX1991-1992 - Exhibitions Carpenter, Whitney Museum of Art
N.Y.C., NY1983-1984 - Director of Exhibition Installations, Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx, NY1981-1983
Teaching
- South Dallas Cultural Center, Printmaking
Dallas, TX 1998-2002 - South Dallas Cultural Center, Printmaking/Drawing
Dallas, TX 1997 - El Centro Community College, Adjunct Professor
Dallas, TX 1995-1996 - Southern Methodist University, Adjunct Professor
Dallas, TX 1990 - Ridgewood School of Art and Design, Design, Visiting Instructor
Ridgewood, NJ 1980-1981 - School of Visual Arts, Sculpture, Visiting Instructor
New York, NY1978-1980 - Chairman of the Art Department, Dwight-Englewood School
Englewood, NJ1975-1978 - Art Instructor, Dwight-Englewood School
Englewood, NJ1973-75 - Chapin School, Exchange Program
New York, NY1976 - Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art, Drawing
Boston, MA1971-1972 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Albany Painting/Printmaking
Albany, NY1970-1971 - Assistant Instructor, Continuing Studies Program, Massachussetts College of Art, Drawing
Boston, MA1968-1969
Lecturer/Panelist/Visiting Artist
- Lecture, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Arts Magnet)
Dallas, TX2002 - Lecture, Worcester State College
Worcester, MA 2002 - Lecture, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh, PA2001 - Lecture, Florida Holocaust Museum
St. Petersburg, FL2000 - Artist Lecture, Conduit Gallery
Dallas, TX 2000 - Lecture, University of North Texas
Denton, TX 2000 - Visiting Artist, University of North Texas
Spring Semester, Hybrid Forms 2000 - Lecture, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Arts Magnet)
Dallas, TX 1999 - Lecture, University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, MN1999 - Lecture, Minneapolis College of Art
Minneapolis, MN1999 - Augsburg College
Minneapolis, MN1999 - Lecture, Visiting Artist, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN1998-1999 - Lecture, Visiting Artist, Colgate University
Hamilton, NY1998 - Lecture, Visiting Artist, Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA1997 - Lecture Series at the Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX1997 - "Artist Lecture Series," Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, TX1995 - Lamplighter School, Visiting Artist
Dallas, TX1993 - Fanin Elementary School, Visiting Artist
Dallas, TX1993 - "Visions, Dreams, Decisions: A Symposium on Dallas"
Dallas, TX1991 - Colgate University, Artist-in-Residence
Hamilton, NY1990 - Northwood Institute Arts Program
Dallas, TX1990 - Lecture Series, Conduit Gallery
Dallas, TX1990 - Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Arts Magnet)
Dallas, TX1989-1990 - Emporia College
Emporia, KS1989 - Ed Titche Elementary School
Dallas, TX1989 - "Public Art Project Critique," University of Texas at Arlington, Dept. of Architecture
Arlington, TX1988 - "1988 Artist Survival Workshop," D-Art Visual Art Center
Dallas, TX1988 - "1987 Artist Survival Workshop," D-Art Visual Art Center
Dallas, TX1987 - Crescent Art and Antique Lecture Series
Dallas, TX1986 - Conduit Gallery
Dallas, TX1986 - University of Connecticut, Studio Visit1985
- Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx, NY1984 - Rensselear Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY1972
One Person Exhibitions
- Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Ashfall - A Sacred Space Installation
Pittsburgh, PA2001 - Florida Holocaust Museum, Sacred Spaces Installation
St. Petersburg, FL2000 - Conduit Gallery, "Road to Aleppo" Installation
Dallas, TX1998 - Project Row House
Houston, TX1996-1997 - Galveston Art Center, "Ashfall"
Galveston, TX1996 - Conduit Gallery, "Barsamian"
Dallas, TX1993 - Tyler Museum of Art, "Ashough"
Tyler, TX1992 - D-Art Visual Center, Exxon's Multi-Cultural "Mosaics" Exhibition Series
Dallas, TX1992 - Colgate University, "Three Messages" Installation
Hamilton, NY1990 - Conduit Gallery, "Pages From My Diary" Installation
Dallas, TX1990 - Conduit Gallery
Dallas, TX1988 - Massachusetts College of Art
Boston, MA1985 - Bronx Museum of the Arts, Beth Abraham Satellite Gallery
Bronx, NY1984-1985 - Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx, NY1984 - Automation House Art Gallery
New York City, NY1978 - Sheridan Gallery of Art
Sheridan, WY1977 - Rensselear Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY1972 - Massachusetts College of Art
Boston, MA1972 - State University of New York at Albany
Albany, NY1971
Group Exhibitions
- Living and Working in Texas, II
Dallas, TX2001 - Conduit Gallery, Blue Illumination, Installation
Dallas, TX2000 - University of Minnesota, Absence/Presence: Artistic Memory of the Holocaust and Genocide, Road to Aleppo Installation
Minneapolis, MN1998-1999 - Colgate University - "Road to Aleppo" Installation
Hamilton, NY1998 - Swarthmore College, "History, Memory, Representation: Responses to Genocide" Installation "Ashfall"
Swarthmore, PA1997 - The Contemporary Art Center of Ft. Worth, "Second Texas Annual"
Ft. Worth1997 - Richland Community College, "Portraits and Self-Portraits: Fact or Fiction," Brazos Gallery
Richardson, TX1996 - Conduit Gallery, "Ashfall" Installation
Dallas, TX1996 - Dallas City Hall, Mayor's Office, Installation
Dallas, TX1995 - McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Dallas, TX1995 - Conduit Gallery, Two Person Show
Dallas, TX1994 - Hickory Street Annex Show
Dallas, TX1993 - "How Artists Use Materials," Lamplighter School
Dallas, TX1993 - "Homage to Literature," City of Dallas Bath House Cultural Center
Dallas, TX1992 - "Relationships," Brookhaven College, Forum Gallery
Dallas, TX1991 - "Tiny Tyrants," D'Art Visual Art Center, Installation in Progress
Dallas, TX1991 - "Incendiary Motives," Conduit Gallery
Dallas, TX1991 - Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX1990 - The Arlington Museum, Multi-Cultural Visions
Arlington, TX1990 - Conduit Gallery, Group Drawing Exhibit
Dallas, TX1990 - Emporia College Annual Drawing Exhibition
Emporia, KS1989 - Dallas Museum of Art, Beaux Arts Exhibition
Dallas, TX1989 - "Self-Portrait Exhibition," Conduit Gallery
Dallas, TX1989 - "City Life," Texas Commerce Center
Dallas, TX1988 - "Zoo Morphism," Trammel Crow Center
Dallas, TX1988 - "Images of a Summer Vacation" Crescent Gallery
Dallas, TX1988 - "Ancestral Glyph," D'Art
Dallas, TX1988 - Aion Fine Artse
Dallas, TX1988 - Conduit Gallery
Dallas, TX1987 - Edith Baker Gallery
Dallas, TX1987 - Dallas Museum of Art, Beaux Arts Exhibition
Dallas, TX1987 - "Mask Exhibit," Conduit Gallery
Dallas, TX1986-1987 - Conduit Gallery
Dallas, TX1986 - Asilah Museum
Asilah, Morocco1983 - Russell Sage College
Troy, NY1976 - Upstairs Gallery
Ithica, NY1975 - Place
CityYear - Azuma Gallery
New York, NY1973 - Englewood Arts Festival Invitational
Englewood, NJ1973 - Terrain Graphics Gallery
New York, NY1973 - Ward-Nasse Gallery
New York, NY1972-73 - Brookline Art Center
Brookline, MA1972 - Oklahoma Art Center
Oklahoma City, OK1972 - "Colorprint U.S.A.", Texas Technical University
Lubbock, TX1972 - "National Print and Drawing Competition," Stowe Gallery, Davidson College
North Carolina1971-72 - "Graphics 71," Western New Mexico University, McCary Gallery, Purchase Award
New Mexico1969 - Place
CityYear - State University of New York at Albany
Albany, NY1970 - Simmons College Annual Print Exhibition
Boston, MA1969 - George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
Springfield, MA1969
Catalogs
- Indifference: Remembering the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh, PA2001 - Sacred Spaces, Florida Holocaust Museum
St. Petersburg, FL2000 - Absence/Presence: Artistic memory of the Holocaust and Genocide, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN1998-1999 - Art Out of Atrocity, Colgate University
Hamilton, NY1998 - History memory and Representation, Responses to Genocide, Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA1997 - Mosaics. 1991-1992, D'Art Visual Art Center and Exxon Corporation
Dallas, TX1992 - Barsamian. Pages From My Diary, Peoples, Ideas and Elements
Dallas, TX1990 - Barsamian. A Selected Group of Work, Automation House
New York, NY1978 - The Articulate Surface: Drawings, Terrain Graphics
New York, NY1973 - New England Artists, Brookline Arts Center
Brookline, MA1972 - Graphics '71, Western New Mexico University
New Mexico1971 - Annual National Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Oklahoma Arts Center
Oklahoma City, OK1971 - 51st National Juried Exhibition, George Walker Vincent Smith Art Museum
Springfield, MA1971 - Observation, State University of New York at Albany
Albany, NY1970
Public Collections
- Tyler Museum of Art1992
- Bronx Museum of the Arts1984
- Asilah Art Museum, Asilah, Morocco1983
- State University of New York at Albany, New York1971
- Western New Mexico University, New Mexico1971
Corporate Collections
- Locke, Purnell, Rain, Harrell, Dallas, Texas1988
- The McKenzie Company, Dallas, TX1988
- Martha Voutas Productions, New York, New York1985-1986
- CBA Jeans Corporation, New York Headquarters, New York1985
- First Texas Bank, Dallas, Texas1984
Private Collections
- Mr. Doug Henning, Magician-Actor, Van Nuys, California
- Mr. Louis Cancel, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of New York, New York
- Dr. S. Lieberfreiund, Dean of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Center, New York, New York
- Dr. Gerald Salen, Head of Gastroenterology, Cabrini Hospital, New York, New York
- Mr. Mohamed Melehi, Assistant Minister of Culture, Asilah, Morocco
- Mr. Stanley Levenson, Chief Executive Officer, Levenson, Levenson & Hill, Dallas, Texas
- Mr. George Perutz, Perutz Enterprises, Dallas, Texas
- Mr. Robin Glackin, Chief Executive Officer, Glackin Associates, Dallas, Texas
Grants and Fellowships
- Texas Commission on the Arts in Education, Artist in Residence (Artist Roster)1988
- Director of the Cultural Moussem, Morocco1983
Competitions
- Patrick Media Group Billboard Competition, Dallas, Texas1987
Public Works Projects
- Project Artist, City Place Station Art Project, DART Light Rail System, Dallas, Texas1992-1995
- Public Art Master Plan, Site Inventory Team, Dallas, Texas1987
- Asian Cultural Festival, Design Team Task Force, Dallas, Texas1987
- North Central Expressway Urban Design Task Force, Dallas, Texas1987
Public Works Positions
- Public Art Committee for the City of Dallas1989-1992
- Develop Public Art Program for the Cultural Policy
- Approval guidelines and site selections of donated works
- Determine scope and budget of Public Art Program projects
- Oversee the artist selection process and select juries
- Review design, execution and placement of artworks
- Oversee the removal of artworks from the Public Art collection
- Commission Art Works
Projects
- Dallas Convention Center Project
- Public Art Committee Liaison for the implimentation of Public Art Program
- National artist search and budget for artist participation
- Dallas Water Utilities Project
- Site selection
- South Dallas Cultural Center
- Review selected artists
- Bill J. Priest Institute for Economic Development, Dallas, TX
- Artist selection Jury
- North Central Expressway Project, Dallas, TX
- Presentation team
Interviews
- Radio
- Quinn Mathews, KRLD, New Radio, Dallas, TX1994
- Steve Young, KRLD, Dallas, TX1990
- Paul Pryor Show, KFIT, Austin, TX1990
- Lynne Weiss, KLIF, Dallas, TX1990
- Lawson Taitte, WRR, Dallas, TX1990
- Michael Hoey, KRLD, Dallas, TX1990
- Television
- Sara Pentz, Art Beat, WFAA, Channel 8, Dallas, TX1992
- Carmen Velez, KDFW, Channel 4, Dallas, TX1990
- Sara Pentz, Art Beat, WFAA, Channel 8, Dallas, TX1990
- Horizon Television, Los Angeles, California1990
Documentaries
- ARTBREATH, Murray-Roberts Productions
Cable Access of Dallas, Texas1990 - "Pages From My Diary," Katherine Snedeker
Cable Access of Dallas, Texas1990 - Art's Eye, Judy Kelly, KERA, Channel 131988
Publications
- The Armenian Church Magazine, Winter Issue, Armenian Church Publications,Two Armenian Artists Think With Their Heart, Feel With Their Brain, Marni Pilafian2001
- Forum, Aeuna Publication Barsamian Graphic Conscience of the Genocide, Charles DeMirjian2001
- Art Lies Magazine, Winter Issue 2001, Vicki Meek2001
- Journal of Genocide Research , Carfax Publishing Art of Holocaust & Genocide: Some Points of Convergence Dr. Stephen Feinstein Vol. 1, No. 21999
- Art Papers, Robert Barsamian, Paintings and Drawings Tre Roberts and Jennifer Spencer Vol. 12, No.31988
- D Magazine, ArtsEye, Dan Frizzell, July Issue1988